Browse: Douglas Bostock (conductor)

The playing is agreeably lively, and the world in general is a better place for Douglas Bostock’s love of unfamiliar repertoire. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

There is no doubting the strength of Coleridge-Taylor’s invention, though, in this generally affable work, especially in this sprightly performance [of the Symphony]…Sargent's exuberant 1962... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

None of these string orchestra works can really be claimed as great discoveries, yet there’s much to savour as Bostock’s German players brush away the music’s dust with elegance and passion. — BBC Music Magazine, March 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

The puckish skirls and jaunty rhythms in the ‘Prelude’ to Parry’s An English Suite show the 14 players keenly attuned to its courtly, neo-baroque idiom…On paper [the string transcription of Elgar's... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2021, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…